Launching Australia’s updated Guidelines for Preventing Heat Illness in Sport, Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop said today that vigorous and sustained exercise could place people at risk of heat illness – a risk that increases in hot weather.
Most people recover quickly from heat illness. But, if untreated, it can lead to heat stroke and even death.
“Medical advice suggests that you stop…
Study Identifies Genes and Mutations Associated with Exercise Traits.
Your parents may be to thank(or to blame) for how your body responds to exercise, and the genes responsible are slowly being identified. That’s one of the conclusions of research published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM.) As presented in the November issue of ACSM’s official journal, Medicine & Scienc…
A new analysis of nearly a dozen studies testing vitamin D in older individuals has concluded that it takes a daily dose of at least 800 international units (IU) to consistently prevent broken bones.
A dose that high was found to reduce the risk of hip fracture by 30 percent and other breaks by 14 percent. Lower doses didn’t have any effect.
The report, published in the New England Journa…
In the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a team of scientists established in a series of animal studies the therapeutic potential of selectively deleting specific nerve cells from the nervous system that convey severe chronic pain.
So effective was the treatment in eight dogs severely affected by osteroarthritis, cancer-related pain, or both, all eventually became more …
The review was conducted by a specially convened Expert Committee on Complementary Medicines in the Health System and was chaired by Dr Michael Bollen AM, a former member of the National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council.
The committee of 18 experts comprising representatives of the complementary medicines industry along with academics and cli…
Road crashes and other transport-related accidents remain the most frequent cause of spinal cord injury in Australia – and young men aged 15 to 24 are most at risk, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
The report, Spinal Cord Injury, Australia, 1999-00, presents national statistics on new cases of spinal cord injury from traumatic causes.
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ATLANTA, GA (February 7, 2002) – Updated guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis have been published in the February issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). Due to major advancements in the management and treatment of this disease, the ACR has updated its guidelines after only five years.
More than 2 million people…
INDIANNAPOLIS-The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), in the March 2002 issue of its official monthly journal, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise® , released a study that reviewed the physiological responses of older women to a water-based exercise program. The results show significant improvement in four areas of health-related fitness, with implications for the older popu…
In one of the studies, both of which are published in the September 1st issue of the British Medical Journal, investigators calculated the number of side effects in over 34,000 procedures performed during a 4-week period by 574 professional acupuncturists. Patients reported no serious effects, but they did report 43 minor side effects, according to Dr. Hugh MacPherson
In a study of 276 adolescents with the most common form of scoliosis, the overweight were more than twice as likely as those of normal weight to develop worsening curvatures, despite the brace. Almost half of these overweight teens eventually needed corrective surgery.
The study’s findings were presented at the annual meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society. Scoliosis affects approximately…
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